This week the podcast continues the theme for Series 3, Gap Filling. Each episode will introduce listeners to organizations that are filling the gaps when government and governmental institutions fail. This week Ashley and Casey speak with Adrienne Wallace, founder of Underground with Black Students. Underground was created to disrupt systemic racism inherent in the juvenile justice system, with the primary goal to get Black kids free from the systems that oppress them.

Links to sites mentioned in the show:

Underground with Black Students - https://blackkidsgetfree.org/

Irene Morgan Schools - https://www.irenemorganschools.org/

Coalition for Juvenile Justice - http://www.juvjustice.org/

Justice for Families - https://www.justice4families.org/

Juvenile Law Center - https://jlc.org/

Organizations in NEOhio:

Juvenile Justice Coalition (Ohio) - http://jjohio.org/

ACLU Ohio - https://www.acluohio.org/

EYEJ – Empowering Youth, Exploring Justice (Cleveland) - http://eyej.org/

This week the podcast continues the theme for Series 3, Gap Filling. Each episode will introduce listeners to organizations that are filing the gaps when government and governmental institutions fail. Ashley and Casey talk with Michael Deegan-McCree, Partnerships Coordinator at The Bail Project. The discussion centers on criminal justice reform, the work of The Bail Project, and how civic engagement can help to reform government.

Links to URLs discussed in the episode:

The Bail Project - https://bailproject.org/

Dream Corp - https://www.thedreamcorps.org/

#cut50 - https://www.thedreamcorps.org/our-programs/cut50/

Families Against Mandatory Minimums - https://famm.org/

Initiate Justice - https://www.initiatejustice.org/

Reform Alliance - https://reformalliance.com/

Alliance for Safety and Justice - https://allianceforsafetyandjustice.org/

Ted Talk – Robin Steinberg – What if we ended the injustice of bail? - https://www.ted.com/talks/robin_steinberg_what_if_we_ended_the_injustice_of_bail?language=en

This week the podcast introduces the theme for Series 3, Gap Filling. Each episode will introduce listeners to organizations that are filing the gaps when government and governmental institutions fail. Ashley and Casey discuss how this theme came to fruition, and its connection with The Growing Democracy Project.

This week the podcast continues its theme of governing during pandemic by exploring the use of Geolocation Data. Ashley and Casey discuss the topic with Professor Scott Kelley (https://www.unr.edu/geography/faculty/scott-kelley). A Transportation Geographer at the University of Nevada, Reno, Professor Kelley explains how Geolocation Data is used today in both the public and private sector, and how this technology could be used for contact tracing in the fight against Covid-19.

This week on the podcast, Ashley and Casey talk with activist and community organizer Jerry Peña, on strategies for organizing during the pandemic. Jerry discusses new approaches activists are using to engage the community, especially concerning the issues of voter mobilization and the upcoming census.

This week Ashley & Casey talk with Annette Blackwell, mayor of Maple Heights, OH (https://www.citymapleheights.com/). Mayor Blackwell discusses how her life and successful business career led to being elected the first female and first African American leader of Maple Heights The mayor explains the role of local government in the lives of its citizens and how Maple Heights is adapting during the COVID-19 crisis.

This week Ashley & Casey talk with Hardy Kern, an Animal Program Specialist at the Columbus Zoo (https://www.columbuszoo.org/). Hardy discusses the educational opportunities that come during a fun trip to the zoo. He also discusses the Columbus Zoo’s efforts to help with animal conservation around the world. Continuing the podcast’s theme of governance during a pandemic, Hardy provides insight into how the zoo is managing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this episode Ashley and Casey talk with Shanelle Smith Whigham, the Ohio State Director for The Trust for Public Land (https://www.tpl.org/), a national nonprofit that looks to conserve land for public use. Ms. Whigham discusses the topics of green space and parks within the community, environmental justice, and the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the need for more public land.

This week Ashley and Casey have a conversation with Dr. Meghan Novisky and Professor Joe Mead about COVID-19 and the prison population in Ohio. They explain the impact the virus is having on prisoners and what efforts are being made to protect this vulnerable population.

Organizations and websites mentioned in this episode can be found here:

Alliance for Safety and Justice Ohio: https://allianceforsafetyandjustice.org/

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Ohio: https://www.acluohio.org/about

Cleveland Marshall College of Law Featured Faculty: https://www.law.csuohio.edu/newsevents/featuredfaculty/joseph-mead

Cleveland State University Faculty Spotlight: https://www.csuohio.edu/news/faculty-spotlight-meghan-novisky

Constitution of the United States 8th Amendment: https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/eighth_amendment

Ohio Department of Health COVID-19 Dashboard: https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/dashboards/overview

Ohio Justice and Policy Center (OJPC): http://www.ohiojpc.org/

University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute (UCCI): https://cech.uc.edu/about/centers/ucci.html

In this episode, Ashley and Casey speak with Phyllis “Seven” Harris – the Director of the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland – who shares with us the ways in which the Center has risen to the challenge of providing safe spaces and a supportive and affirmative community during the pandemic.

Additional information about the center can be found here: https://lgbtcleveland.org